We
find ourselves in a time of growing awareness about the world we
inhibit. The journey we take from here will in many way decide what
kind of future awaits us. Deep space has long held the human
imagination captive but with the world in a global financial turmoil
we have to ask ourselves is this the dawn or dusk of the space
age? Was it worth the billions of dollars invested over the
years? Money that perhaps could have been spent on feeding the
hungry, or saving habitation here on Earth. We have eagerly ravaged
this planet in the name of human progress, progress which is the very
driving force of space exploration.
'In
the Light of Days to Come' is an installation reflecting on the human
drive to reach the stars, which sometimes comes at a high price. Its
focal point is the image of the International Space Station that
becomes a symbol of this drive as it hovers just beyond the edge of
the great big life sustaining bubble that is our world. It is a
representation of our thirst for knowledge but also the collaboration
of humanity to achieve something greater than itself. It is a totem
of the space age.
(excerpt
from proposal, Mariana Jandova, 2012)